GRE Word List
CONSANGUINITY
kinship; relationship by birth
The meaning of the word consanguinity is kinship; relationship by birth.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compunction | remorse; strong uneasiness caused by guilt |
| convoluted | coiled around; twisted; involved; complicated; intricate; complex; N. convolution: twist; one of the convex folds of the surface of the brain |
| pan | criticize harshly |
| siren | apparatus for making sounds; womanlike creature |
| ford | place where a river can be crossed on foot; V. |
| clairvoyant | having foresight; fortuneteller; N. clairvoyance |
| stem | stop or check (the flow of); Ex. stem the bleeding from the slashed artery; N: main axis of a plant; stalk |
| expose | public revelation of something discreditable |
| alcove | nook; recess |
| frustrate | thwart; defeat; prevent from accomplishing a purpose |